BAST has reached its 10th, or 11th birthday and to celebrate this milestone Line Hilton, founder of BAST joins Alexa today on Singing Teachers’ Talk. She’s here to talk about how BAST came about and also the pros and cons of singing teacher qualifications.
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS

BAST came about when Line was head of vocals at ACM and had a bunch of graduates coming to her who were about to head off into the real world and realised that they probably needed to do some teaching to get some income whilst they were looking for gigs. They asked for an understanding of what was expected and what they should know so that they could teach safely
Line originally had the goal to leave some sort of legacy to singers. She wanted it to have a bursary or funding for singers who couldn't afford to have singing lessons and she wanted to create a centre for singing teachers to be able to rent out.
Line realised that what she wanted to do would take so much funding to be able to pull off and gradually through doing more training, concluded that the legacy she could leave would be through teaching.
In 2023 BAST will be offering an accredited level 5 Avocational qualification which is part of the RSL Awards. These are highly regarded in the world of music qualifications.

 
BEST MOMENTS
‘I never wanted to be a singing teacher trainer’
‘There needs to be a lot more accountability out there for singing teachers who are working with young or sick voices’
‘The reality is you could go out and start teaching without anything . You don't have to. It's an unregulated sector’
 
EPISODE RESOURCES
Guest Website:

basttraining.com

Social Media:

@basttraining

Relevant Links & Mentions:

ising Magazine: https://www.isingmag.com/
Nicole Gill: https://nicolegillvocalcoach.com/
Voice Study Centre: https://voicestudycentre.com/
Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep. 56 Taking the Academic Route with Debbie Winter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ckKi3m0WYCoDa8ffNQCsD?si=-s76GZUUSGy0lhjCOVgdvQ&utm_source=copy-link
Vocal Health Education: co.uk
Joshua Alamu: Instagram @madaboutthevoice
Denosh Bennet: Instagram @denoshbennett
Gemma Sugrue: https://www.provocalartist.com/
Voiceworks Studio: https://voiceworksstudio.ie/
Brandon Brophy: https://brandbrophy.wordpress.com/
RSL Awards: https://www.rslawards.com/
Kaya Herstad-Carney: https://kayamusic.com/
BAST contact email: info@basttraining.com

 
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